American actor

Paul Sparks

Paul Sparks is an American actor. He is known for his roles as gangster Mickey Doyle in the HBO period drama series Boardwalk Empire, writer Thomas Yates in the Netflix political drama series House of Cards, mall owner John Breem in the Apple TV+ comedy-drama series Physical, attorney David Tellis in the Starz anthology drama series The Girlfriend Experience, and a recurring role in the limited series The Night Of. Sparks has also starred in the films Deception (2008), Afterschool (2008), The Missing Person (2008), Mud (2012), Parkland (2013), Stealing Cars (2015), Thoroughbreds (2017), and The Greatest Showman (2017).

Born

1971

October 16

Died

Living

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1970s

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1971 Born

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690 Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire.
912 Abd ar-Rahman III becomes the eighth Emir of Córdoba.
955 King Otto I defeats a Slavic revolt in what is now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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The world in 1971

When Paul arrived

april 1 Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre more than a thousand people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
april 17 The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
april 19 Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
april 19 Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Bob Weir 1947–2026 American musician, (born 1947) Charles Colson 1931– American lawyer and politician (died 2012) Edward Ardizzone 1900– Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (died 1979) Enver Hoxha 1908–1985 Albanian educator and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Albania (born 1908) Fernanda Montenegro 1929– Brazilian actress Flea 1962– Australian-American bass player, songwriter, and actor Francis Lubbock 1815–1905 American colonel and politician, 9th Governor of Texas (born 1815) Hema Malini 1948– Indian actress, director, producer, and politician Inna 1986– Romanian singer

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Also born in 1971

Elon Musk 1971– South African-born American entrepreneur Adam Gilchrist 1971– Australian cricketer and sportscaster Ajith Kumar 1971– Indian actor and race car driver Besnik Hasi 1971– Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player Carla Gugino 1971– American actress Chris Hardwick 1971– American comedian, actor, producer, and television host Corin Nemec 1971– American actor, producer and screenwriter Dannii Minogue 1971– Australian singer-songwriter and actress David Arquette 1971– American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and wrestler

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